Washboard



(No Model.)

A.v PRICE. WASHBOARD.

No. 585,005. Patented June 22, 1897.

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UNITED rates WASHBOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,005, dated June 22,1897. Application filed September 15, 1896. Serial No. 605,928. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT PRICE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Holly, in the county of Burlington and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWashboard-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement inwashboard-holders, and has for its object to provide a device of thisdescription by means of which a washboard may be securely held withina'tub without liability of riding upward when its surface is being usedfor the ordinary purposes, and also to permit the securing of the boardto the edge of the tub when either side thereof is used.

With this end in view this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, and thenspecifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, the constructionand operation will now be described in detail, referring to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a section of a tub illustrating the manner of applying myimprovement to a board and the manner of using the same in connectionwith a tub; Fig. 2, a perspective of a washboard having my improvementapplied thereto; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 00 mof Fig. 2, the bar 0 being reversed.

In carrying out this invention I provide a washboard of any desiredconstruction with a bracket A upon each side rail thereof, and extendthe top rail, as indicated at B, and between these extensions and thebrackets are pivoted the rods C, which may be of any suitable material,preferably hard wood.

A series of pegs D are set within the rods at such an angle as to formspaces adapted to fit over the upper edge oft-he tub, as clearly shownin Fig. 1, and these spaces are preferably three in number for use inconnection with the three standard sizes of tubs in general use.

Since the rods 0 are pivoted it will be seen that they may be turnedupon their axes and thereby permit the use of either side of the boardwhile allowing the pegs to act in conjunction with the edge of the tubto clamp the board against riding upward.

The principal advantage of my improvement is that a washboard may besupplied therein at but little increased cost, since it is entirelyformed of wood and the only added parts are the brackets, rods, andpegs, all of which are of a design readily produced by machinery; andanother advantage of this improvement is that when the board is out ofuse the pegs may be turned in a direction which will protect them fromengagement with surrounding objects and also enable the placing of theboard in the same space that it would otherwise occupy were myimprovement not attached thereto.

Having thus fully described this invention, what is claimed as new anduseful is A washboard having the top rail thereof extended, said railhaving sockets formed in the extensions, brackets secured on the siderails, said brackets having sockets formed therein, rods having one endfitted in the socket of the extension and the other end fitted in thesocket of the bracket, a series of ALBERT PRICE.

Witnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMsoN, ALBERT H. DARNELL, CHARLES E. HENDRICKSON, Jr.

